It was still early in the morning, and Tom could be seen rolling left and right on his small hard bed. He opened his eyes and looked out through the window to see the sun already rising.
Just then he remembered that he had a client that he was supposed to make a delivery to, he had to go fishing despite the hunger he was feeling.
Money! Money! Money! Was all Tom ever thought of, waking up every day, the first thing he thinks of is money.
Tom placed his head outside the window and washed his face, after which he headed to Peggy's room, because he had a business for her. His new client said he wanted the fish well spiced, and fortunately his daughter was the only one he could cheat
"Peggy dear," he called walking into the room she shared with Lashonda, the room was awkwardly empty and some of their stuff was missing .
"Did she go to give her sister some of her stuff in prison?" Tom thought with furrowed brows.
He exhaled deeply as he headed to go take his bath. He'll tell her when he returns, but as for now he needs to catch some fish.
He was going to eat a roadside fast food as usual, his friends has advised him to get another wife, but he claims he have no money. The thing was that, even if Tom had all the silver and gold in this life he'll still say he doesn't have money.
Peggy sat on a long wooden chair In front of the same house as yesterday. She has waited for almost an hour now, but was yet to see the woman.
"Peggy dear, you came so early," the woman spoke through her window, holding a mini mirror in her hand.
Peggy was startled by the woman's voice above her head.
"Madame Rico," she called the smiling woman. "You can take all the time you need, I'm okay."
On hearing what Peggy said, Madame Rico relaxed and took proper time to do her makeup.
After what seemed like forever, she sashayed out of the house. She walked out holding her hand bag below her tummy, with both hands.
"The coach man will soon be here," she said, smiling at Peggy, who forced a smile back at her.
Madame Rico didn't wait for long before the carriage arrived.
"Let's go dear," she beckoned to Peggy who nodded her head and joined her in the carriage, when they both boarded the carriage the coachman rode away.
***
At the castle ✍️
Seraphina and her mother sat next to the unconscious Gavin, they both stared at him with sadness in their eyes.
Yesterday when Seraphina came to see Gavin, the guards didn't let her in, they said it was an order from Xander. Having no other choice, she involved her mother.
"I want a proper explanation to this," queen Zenith angrily said.
Not only did he make a son of a nobody the crown prince, he also had to sacrifice her son.
"Dre needs to explain to me," she huffed, addressing the king by his name.
"My queen, you can return to your chamber, I'll call you once there's progress," the doctor said, because it has been really long since they were here.
"Seraphina, return to your palace, I'll go see the king," Queen Zenith ordered Seraphina before leaving.
Seraphina took one last glance at her brother before leaving.
**
Logan stood straight, with his both hands behind and his eyes pinned on the soldiers on the field. He watched Leo with so much interest. Logan could see his improvement and he was proud of him.
Logan's brows furrowed when the soldiers paused and bowed to someone. When he noticed that it was his brother, he didn't bother to move his head away from the troop anymore.
"Almighty lord Logan," Xander scornfully said, walking up to him, ignoring the greetings from the troop. Everyone knows that things don't turn out nice whenever Xander visits his brother.
"Why are you looking like this? I thought by now you'll be jubilating."
Logan still didn't look at him as he spoke, he always tries to avoid eye contact with Xander, Xander's annoying eyes always stirs up his anger.
"Why are you here?," Logan calmly asked, while Xander just stared at him for a while, without speaking.
"To kill you," Xander whispered.
"Then go ahead," Logan urged, still avoiding eye contact with him.
"Hahahah, I wished I could. Logan, do you want to rule Rafera with that creepy demon under your skin? I mean you're not capable at all. Personally, you are a coward, and your inner man , it's not something we want to talk about."
Logan felt worse than he was feeling before, he knew he was actually not deserving but he won't let Xander see his weakness.
"I didn't ask for the crown, even if you ain't worth it, they could have passed it on to Gavin, I don't care," Logan spoke.
"Of course father tried, but because of you Gavin lost his senses,"
Logan furrowed and quickly moved his head to him. "What do you mean Gavin lost his senses?," Logan snapped at him.
"Well don't you understand English? I'll never be alive and watch you rule,never," Xander fired.
"Anyways I came to get some of my soldiers, I'm going out."
Logan approved to the leader of the troop who was staring at him.
The leader ended the training and they all left.
***
The queen paid deaf ears to what all the guards were saying, she pushed them out of the way, and she only stopped when she was inside the King's chamber.
"My queen," the king muttered sitting on the chair.
"What happened to my son? I want straight answers," she grimly said, with red eyes.
"Do you even realize that you haven't greeted me?," he questioned.
"Do I look like I came here to greet you?," Queen Zenith blurted.
"I tried to make sure that-that boy doesn't become the crown prince, but it actually didn't work," the king tried to explain.
"You used my son as the sacrificial lamb and later made that son of a nobody your successor." The king was silent as she spoke.
"With every year that passes by, I try to bring myself to forgive your sin of 26 years ago, but you keep rubbing it on my face, making it impossible.
If you haven't done something like that in the past, will Gavin be in this condition?," the queen spoke with tears rolling down her cheek.
"I don't care who you give your crown to, I want my son to be okay before night falls," the queen said before storming out of his chamber.
King Dre could see how pained she was and he could only blame himself. He can't just sit and let Logan be king when he dies.
He had to act fast!